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Urgent Action: Ask Trudeau to speak up for environmental defenders at Biden’s climate summit, April 22-23

Urgent Action: Ask Trudeau to speak up for environmental defenders at Biden’s climate summit, April 22-23 U.S. President Joe Biden has invited Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to a virtual Leaders Summit on Climate on April 22 and April 23. Global Witness has documented: “On average, four defenders have been killed Read more…

By Brent Patterson, 2 yearsApril 7, 2021 ago
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Canada must uphold Indigenous rights at the Climate Ambition Summit

Canada must uphold Indigenous rights at Climate Ambition Summit An online Climate Ambition Summit for world leaders, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, will take place on December 12. All countries are being asked to commit to new emission reduction targets in line with the pledge they made five years ago Read more…

By Brent Patterson, 2 yearsNovember 14, 2020 ago
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Help stop the criminalization of Secwepemc land defenders

Urgent Action: Help stop the criminalization of Secwepemc land defenders The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has called on Canada to immediately cease construction on the Trans Mountain pipeline and withdraw the RCMP from Secwepemc traditional lands. And yet construction continues as does the criminalization of Read more…

By Brent Patterson, 2 yearsOctober 31, 2020 ago
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Urgent Action: Summit of public development banks should hear from human rights defenders

Summit of public development banks should hear from human rights defenders Public developments banks – such as Export Development Canada and its wholly owned subsidiary FinDev Canada – will gather on November 9-12 both virtually and in person in Paris for what is being called the Finance in Common Summit. Read more…

By Brent Patterson, 2 yearsOctober 22, 2020 ago
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Canada Pension Plan should divest from BAE Systems and warplanes

Canada Pension Plan should divest from BAE Systems and warplanes The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) increased its holdings in the United Kingdom-based BAE Systems from $9 million in 2015 to $33 million in 2017/18. BAE Systems is the manufacturer of the Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jet. The company Read more…

By Brent Patterson, 2 yearsOctober 8, 2020 ago
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Urgent Action: Canada should back the Escazú Agreement

Canada should back the Escazú Agreement The next meeting of the signatory countries to the Escazú Agreement on environmental rights will take place on December 9-10. This agreement has been described as the first treaty in history to include specific provisions to protect environmental defenders. It needs to be ratified by Read more…

By Brent Patterson, 2 yearsOctober 8, 2020 ago
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Urgent Action: Canada should support the United Nations Binding Treaty on business and human rights

Canada should support the proposed United Nations Binding Treaty on business and human rights There will be a crucial United Nations meeting on the proposed Binding Treaty on business and human rights this coming October 26-30. While some corporations and states have been blocking the creation of this Treaty, Canada Read more…

By Brent Patterson, 3 yearsSeptember 24, 2020 ago
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Canada should act on UN resolution on Wet’suwet’en land defenders

Canada should act on UN resolution on Wet’suwet’en land defenders Add your name to this petition and an email will automatically be sent to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The Trudeau government is stepping up its efforts to win a vote on June 17th for a seat on the United Nations Read more…

By admin, 3 yearsMay 7, 2020 ago
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Urgent Action: Climate action means supporting human rights defenders

Urgent Action: Climate action means supporting human rights defenders       Add your name to this petition and an email will automatically be sent to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has described climate change as “a rapidly growing and global threat Read more…

By Brent Patterson, 3 yearsApril 20, 2020 ago
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Support the UN Secretary-General’s call for a global ceasefire

Urgent Action: Support the UN Secretary-General’s call for a global ceasefire Add your name and email address to this petition that will automatically be sent to Prime Minister Trudeau… On March 23, UN Secretary-General António Guterres called “for an immediate global ceasefire in all corners of the world.” He highlighted Read more…

By admin, 3 yearsApril 7, 2020 ago
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